Thought Leader Liaison St. Louis
About The Position
The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) develops and strengthens strategic partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and internal stakeholders across UCB’s Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes portfolio in the Mid-Central Region, including Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The role supports UCB’s position as an epilepsy market leader and delivers the Patient Value Strategy across the portfolio, including Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut communities and patients with partial onset and cluster seizures. The TLL coordinates KOL engagement at medical meetings and commercial advisory boards, increases connectivity between UCB and epilepsy and rare syndromes healthcare professionals, and aligns strategic perspectives across internal teams. The role maintains a broad understanding of team priorities to support high-level discussions with healthcare professionals, connect them with appropriate internal experts, and triage their ideas, questions, issues, and proposals. The TLL also develops regional KOLs, organizes strategy for national conferences, manages project timelines and budgets, and trains members of the speaker bureau when needed. The role works across internal and external partners and represents UCB professionally at conferences and events, while operating in accordance with UCB’s compliance and professional standards. The position is hybrid under UCB’s general hybrid-first approach, with 40% of time spent in the office unless otherwise specified or precluded by the nature of the position. The role requires willingness to travel up to 60%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher.
- At least 7 years of experience in epilepsy, neurology and/or rare disease sales, marketing, medical, KOL development, or closely related roles.
- At least 4 years of experience engaging with and developing relationships with KOLs, including a proven record of building effective partnerships with physicians and healthcare professionals in the epilepsy space.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 60%.
Nice To Haves
- Proven experience building processes and executing strategic plans.
- Experience working successfully with various internal stakeholders.
- Ability to interface with key customers, accounts, physicians, practitioners, industry contacts, and consultants to accomplish corporate objectives.
- Proficiency with Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Home office, corporate, or management experience.
- Comprehensive understanding of the epilepsy market to support consultative relationships with KOLs.
Responsibilities
- Ensure external stakeholders understand UCB’s broader Epilepsy strategy across science, patient service, and solutions.
- Help inform and align strategic perspectives and priorities across internal teams.
- Increase connectivity and partnership between UCB and epilepsy and rare syndromes healthcare professionals.
- Maintain knowledge of current strategies and priorities across teams to engage in high-level discussions with healthcare professionals and connect them to appropriate internal stakeholders for in-depth discussions.
- Triage ideas, issues, questions, and proposals from healthcare professionals.
- Engage on issues requiring a senior-level perspective to understand and resolve them.
- Connect healthcare professionals to UCB internal stakeholders.
- Cultivate relationships with KOLs and develop regional KOLs within the epilepsy community to execute the strategic engagement plan.
- Work with cross-functional teams to maximize UCB’s healthcare professional engagement opportunities.
- Organize the overall plan and strategy at national conferences.
- Manage project timelines and budgets.
- Operate in accordance with UCB’s compliance and professional standards.
- Interface and collaborate professionally with external and internal partners, representing UCB at key conferences and events.
- Train and develop speaker bureau members when needed to support effective and compliant communication of educational content.
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the UCB U.S. Neurology and Epilepsy business strategic vision.
Benefits
- Caring and supportive culture with inclusion, respect, and equal opportunities.
- Opportunities to grow and the freedom to develop a career path.
- Hybrid-first approach, with teams brought together in local hubs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
